Another month, another collection of (hopefully) interesting medical publications. When trial results are too good to be true, think fraud? Sheldrick, K. Evidence of Fabricated Data in a Vitamin C trial by Paul E Marik et al in CHEST. Available at: https://kylesheldrick.blogspot.com/2022/03/evidence-of-fabricated-data-in-vitamin.html This is the first time I have ever […]
availability bias
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I recently posted a textbook chapter that I wrote about availability bias. (I strongly recommend the textbook, if anyone is interested in the topic of bias and decision making in medicine.) However, most discussion of these cognitive biases in medicine has remained purely theoretical. The biases make sense, and sound […]
The human mind is imperfect. We all make mistakes. We are all susceptible to bias. Although we love to talk about and perform procedures, emergency medicine is really all about making difficult decisions, and so we all need a thorough understanding of how our minds work, how mistakes are made, and […]